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Keeley, Maureen; Baldwin, Paula – Journal of Loss and Trauma, 2012
This qualitative study examined messages of everyday communication (small talk and routine interactions). The importance of these messages was highlighted in light of their role in creating structure, safety, and meaning making in the family at the end of life. In addition, family rituals that developed from children's everyday communication were…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Death, Behavior Patterns, Repetition